Refractive index and density matching are essential for optical measurements of neutrally buoyant liquid–liquid flows. In this study, we proposed a design experiments (DoE) to develop refractive systems, including objective setting, candidates screening, sampling fitting, detailed process. Candidates screening criteria based on the ranges aqueous organic phases were used. Using DoE, system with...

Bioactive compounds from plants play an important role in slowing many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, by inhibiting cholinesterase enzymes. Studies have shown that oxidative stress is associated with the development of disease. In traditional medicine Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teucrium montanum used to treat numerous diseases. The chemical composition biological activity...

A 3-year-old patient treated with nitroprusside for congestive heart failure had 6.5 mmol/L thiocyanate (toxic, >1.5 mmol/L) and 110 micromol/L cyanide (toxic, >5 micromol/L) present in her blood. At this time a whole-blood glucose concentration assayed on the Nova Stat Profile 5 Plus (Stat Profile) was 25.1 mmol/L. Plasma from that specimen analyzed on a Kodak Ektachem 700 analyzer (E700) indi...

It has been reported that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-Parkinsonism-dementia in Guam might be related to the eating of Cycas seeds, which contain cyanide. Based on this assumption, we determined the urinary thiocyanate excretion level in patients with ALS and compared this with that of other neurological diseases. The assay method was designed to use column chromatography with Amberlite IRA 40...

A kinetic spectrophotometric method for measuring thiocyanate is described. The proposed method is based on the inhibitory effect of thiocyanate on the oxidation of Methyl Red by bromate in the presence of nitrite, which was monitored at 520 nm. The variables affecting the rate of the reaction were investigated and the optimum conditions were established. Thiocyanate can be measured in the rang...

Five heteroleptic ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes [Ru(FL1)(dcbpy)(NCS)] (1), [Ru(FL2)(dcbpy)(NCS)] (2), [Ru(FL3)(dcbpy)(NCS)] (3), (4), and [Ru(FL5)(dcbpy)(NCS)] (5) (where FL1 = aniline dithiocarbamate, FL2 p-anisidine FL3 p-toluidine FL4 dibenzyl FL5 diphenyl dcbpy =2, 2 ′ -bi...

BACKGROUND It would be useful to develop a simple kit method for determination of thiocyanate in urine, which could be used to monitor cyanide overload in cassava-consuming populations. METHODS The method was based on the quantitative oxidation of thiocyanate in acid permanganate at room temperature in a closed vial with liberation of HCN, which reacted with a picrate paper. For semiquantitat...

Natural aquatic and soil samples were screened for the presence of thiocyanate-degrading bacteria. Using thiocyanate supplementation, we established an enrichment culture containing such bacteria from lake water. The dominant bacteria had the scnC-LS5 gene encoding thiocyanate hydrolase, which was closely related to the enzyme found previously in Thiobacillus thioparus THI115 isolated from acti...

One source of error in gastric secretion studies is swallowed saliva. The possibility that salivary thiocyanate might be used to measure this contamination has been investigated. Thiocyanate concentration was measured in saliva and gastric juice collected simultaneously in 22 duodenal ulcer patients undergoing routine insulin and histamine secretion studies. On stimulation, despite the increase...